Booming year-end sales of the wand-wielding Wii game console sent profit at Nintendo soaring 43% for the nine months ended December, the Japanese manufacturer of Pokemon and Super Mario games said Thursday.

A California jury ordered Toshiba to pay $84 million in punitive damages to Lexar Media for stealing trade secrets, taking Lexar's total award in the case to $465 million. The total dwarfs Lexar's market value of $251 million as of Wednesday's close.